[My Husband me, and I my Court have left]
In the Second the present abdicated Electress of
Bavaria is represented in a melancholy Posture, complaining
of her hard Fate, to see her Husband driven
out of Bavaria and Flanders, and her self and
Children forc'd to fly for Protection to the State of
Venice. The Cock is the Emblem of France, to
which she and her Family owe all their Misfortunes;
and the Square on the top of the Cut is the Elector of Bavaria's Hospital.
My Husband me, and I my Court have left,
Of Friends, of Fortune, and of Hope bereft.
The Cock, who like a Dunghil-Craven crows,
And struts when he's at Home and far from Foes,
No sooner sees the Roman Eagle rise,
But trembling from th'Imperial Bird he flies.
Oh whither can I run from my Despair!
My Sons O whither, and my Daughters bear!
Ne'er will my Sufferings nor my Sorrows cease,
And never shall I know the Sweets of Peace.
Fair Venice, ever kind to the distrest,
Alone will entertain the wretched Guest:
Thither with all my Load of Woe I fly,
And for my ruin'd Lord with fruitless Wishes sigh.
